Rupert Knight
@knight-rupert.bsky.social
Classroom talk / oracy, primary education, teacher education, teacher professionalism. Former teacher. Now in HE.
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🚨NEW BLOG🚨
Struggling with lesson PITCH?
Jointly written with @apf102.bsky.social, this blog explores an approach we've used with #ITT beginning #teachers to examine the PITCH of their lessons through thinking about sequencing of knowledge.
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/25/s...
Struggling with lesson PITCH?
Jointly written with @apf102.bsky.social, this blog explores an approach we've used with #ITT beginning #teachers to examine the PITCH of their lessons through thinking about sequencing of knowledge.
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/25/s...
Surfing the ‘Semantic Wave’: Helping beginning teachers to think about tackling the ‘pitch’ of their lesson
This blog is jointly authored by Victoria Crooks and Alex Ford. Check out to read more blogs from Alex. Photo by Vladimir Kudinov on Pexels.com Matthew is a fab beginning teacher. He is highl…
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🚨NEW BLOG🚨
Struggling with lesson PITCH?
Jointly written with @apf102.bsky.social, this blog explores an approach we've used with #ITT beginning #teachers to examine the PITCH of their lessons through thinking about sequencing of knowledge.
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/25/s...
Struggling with lesson PITCH?
Jointly written with @apf102.bsky.social, this blog explores an approach we've used with #ITT beginning #teachers to examine the PITCH of their lessons through thinking about sequencing of knowledge.
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/11/25/s...
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I'm in a bit of a blog writing frenzy atm. Here are two new ones today for #TeacherMentor s working working with #ITT beginning teachers in this early phase of their #TeacherTraining year.
First up, Effective #Mentor Meetings: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/u...
#EdublogUK 1/2
First up, Effective #Mentor Meetings: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/u...
#EdublogUK 1/2
Unlocking the Power of Mentor Meetings for ITT Beginning Teachers
Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Mentor meetings are the cornerstone of support for beginning teachers, shaping their early experiences and helping them make sense of both the theory behind …
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
October 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I'm in a bit of a blog writing frenzy atm. Here are two new ones today for #TeacherMentor s working working with #ITT beginning teachers in this early phase of their #TeacherTraining year.
First up, Effective #Mentor Meetings: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/u...
#EdublogUK 1/2
First up, Effective #Mentor Meetings: uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2025/10/08/u...
#EdublogUK 1/2
New article published today in Literacy: oracy for civic voice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Oracy for civic voice: Deconstructing practice through classroom vignettes
The importance of spoken language in education for curricular, pedagogical and societal purposes is well established and sometimes articulated as oracy education. This article draws on Shulman's work....
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September 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
New article published today in Literacy: oracy for civic voice onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New post today on UoN Primary Education Network blog. Helen Richardson on representation in the curriculum. See the whole series here: tinyurl.com/2zxfs8u6
September 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
New post today on UoN Primary Education Network blog. Helen Richardson on representation in the curriculum. See the whole series here: tinyurl.com/2zxfs8u6
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Beautifully put by Simon Jenkins @theguardian.com:
"The essence of #oracy is helping pupils articulate their thoughts to others, to listen and reply with courtesy and intelligence."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
"The essence of #oracy is helping pupils articulate their thoughts to others, to listen and reply with courtesy and intelligence."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Another way we are failing an entire generation: we must teach young people to speak | Simon Jenkins
The PM promised to prioritise oracy lessons, but has failed to do so. Set against tests and exams, it is seen as a luxury: in fact it is essential, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
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July 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Beautifully put by Simon Jenkins @theguardian.com:
"The essence of #oracy is helping pupils articulate their thoughts to others, to listen and reply with courtesy and intelligence."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
"The essence of #oracy is helping pupils articulate their thoughts to others, to listen and reply with courtesy and intelligence."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
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📰 See Guardian coverage here 👇
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Keir Starmer urged to honour pledge to embed speaking skills in England’s schools
Alastair Campbell and children’s author Michael Rosen among advocates calling for oracy to be in curriculum
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
📰 See Guardian coverage here 👇
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Today sees post number 90 on The University of Nottingham's Primary Education Network blog. Emma Twomney reflects on the role of stakeholders in subject leadership. See the whole series here: tinyurl.com/y25kzmjn
July 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Today sees post number 90 on The University of Nottingham's Primary Education Network blog. Emma Twomney reflects on the role of stakeholders in subject leadership. See the whole series here: tinyurl.com/y25kzmjn
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We really are in the final stages of the #ITT year now, so this #EduBlog turns to thinking about how to support beginning teachers to end their time on placement well.
#mentor #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/06/05/f...
#mentor #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/06/05/f...
Flying the nest: Helping your student to end well
Photo by Arul on Pexels.com One afternoon in June, at the dawn of the National Curriculum, a Year 8 pupil opened her history exercise book to find a handwritten note from her teacher which said: ‘…
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog
June 12, 2025 at 8:13 AM
We really are in the final stages of the #ITT year now, so this #EduBlog turns to thinking about how to support beginning teachers to end their time on placement well.
#mentor #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/06/05/f...
#mentor #TeacherMentoring #TeacherEducation
uonhistoryteachertraining.school.blog/2019/06/05/f...
New post on UoN primary blog today on learning through immersive practice. Whole series to be found here: tinyurl.com/2zxfs8u6
June 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
New post on UoN primary blog today on learning through immersive practice. Whole series to be found here: tinyurl.com/2zxfs8u6
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*NEW BLOG POST* A new post from me and @lambhearttea.bsky.social on I, We, You theeducationalimposters.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/i...
I/We/You: Use with caution
Adam Boxer recently posted on X: ‘To me, I/We/You is a powerful way to conceptualise teaching specific things. It is NOT a powerful way to structure lessons. It’s a cycle. And you could have …
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June 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
*NEW BLOG POST* A new post from me and @lambhearttea.bsky.social on I, We, You theeducationalimposters.wordpress.com/2025/06/02/i...
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Yesterday I contacted the #mentors I work with to suggest some blogs I have written in response to the mentor queries I have received at this time of year. If you work with #ITT beginning teachers in #PGCE #SCITT #TeacherEducation these may be of use.
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
May 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yesterday I contacted the #mentors I work with to suggest some blogs I have written in response to the mentor queries I have received at this time of year. If you work with #ITT beginning teachers in #PGCE #SCITT #TeacherEducation these may be of use.
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
A 🧵 of 9 blogs for this time of year... 1/
Oracy: the politics of speech education. Free seminar with Tom Wright. June 25th at UoN. Register here: tinyurl.com/2ht49ath
[In Person] Oracy: the politics of speech education
Oracy: the politics of speech education, presented by Dr. Tom Wright
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May 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Oracy: the politics of speech education. Free seminar with Tom Wright. June 25th at UoN. Register here: tinyurl.com/2ht49ath
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Latest blog on the importance but decline of teacher modelling.
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May 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Latest blog on the importance but decline of teacher modelling.
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/05/11/t...
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/05/11/t...
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New blog post ↓
Is "I do, we do, you do" the right vision of a lesson?
#UKEd #EduSky #iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
Is "I do, we do, you do" the right vision of a lesson?
#UKEd #EduSky #iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
Is "I do, we do, you do" the right vision of a lesson?
When teachers step into the classroom, we never act alone. There is no “I do”. Each of our actions is a response, a small arc, in a continual loop consisting of ourselves, our tools, and our students.
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May 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New blog post ↓
Is "I do, we do, you do" the right vision of a lesson?
#UKEd #EduSky #iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
Is "I do, we do, you do" the right vision of a lesson?
#UKEd #EduSky #iTeachBio #SciTeachUK
New post on the UoN primary blog today. Moving away from presentations- the power of board work. See the whole series here: tinyurl.com/44fj6kws
May 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
New post on the UoN primary blog today. Moving away from presentations- the power of board work. See the whole series here: tinyurl.com/44fj6kws
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Powerpoint and IWBs - time to reclaim analogue teaching. My latest blog.
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Powerpoint and IWBs – It’s time to reclaim analogue teaching
When was the last time you taught an individual lesson without using an interactive whiteboard, without PowerPoint, without pre prepared digital resources? When was the last time you did this for a…
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April 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Powerpoint and IWBs - time to reclaim analogue teaching. My latest blog.
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
thinkingflexibly.com/2025/04/19/p...
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Looking to become a maths teacher but don’t have a degree?
Our brand new Mathematics and Education Secondary Teacher Degree Apprenticeship offers you a new route to qualified teacher status (QTS), without needing a degree to join the programme.
Find out more: bit.ly/3RVOGVS
Our brand new Mathematics and Education Secondary Teacher Degree Apprenticeship offers you a new route to qualified teacher status (QTS), without needing a degree to join the programme.
Find out more: bit.ly/3RVOGVS
April 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Looking to become a maths teacher but don’t have a degree?
Our brand new Mathematics and Education Secondary Teacher Degree Apprenticeship offers you a new route to qualified teacher status (QTS), without needing a degree to join the programme.
Find out more: bit.ly/3RVOGVS
Our brand new Mathematics and Education Secondary Teacher Degree Apprenticeship offers you a new route to qualified teacher status (QTS), without needing a degree to join the programme.
Find out more: bit.ly/3RVOGVS
Read it here (open access): tinyurl.com/mrxh9rmh
April 16, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Read it here (open access): tinyurl.com/mrxh9rmh
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Around a third of primary teachers say they have 'little or no influence at all' over the content of individual lessons, according to @neunion.bsky.social research into the impact of standardised curriculum packages
1 in 3 primary teachers have ‘little or no influence’ on lesson content
Standardised curriculum packages are ‘imposed’, have ‘no meaningful workload gains’ and can lead teachers to quit, NEU report finds
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April 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Around a third of primary teachers say they have 'little or no influence at all' over the content of individual lessons, according to @neunion.bsky.social research into the impact of standardised curriculum packages
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New Blog: Disrupting Red Pill Thinking in Adolescence
If our classrooms cannot make space for young people to grapple with truth and meaning then where else will this happen? Online?!
But mastery learning is shutting down classroom dialogue. We cannot let it!
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/challen...
If our classrooms cannot make space for young people to grapple with truth and meaning then where else will this happen? Online?!
But mastery learning is shutting down classroom dialogue. We cannot let it!
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/challen...
Disrupting Red Pill Thinking in Adolescence: The role of school history and why ‘mastery learning’ is taking us in the wrong direction
The government have just announced that they are to make the Netflix series Adolescence free to show in all secondary schools . The move reflects a wider concern about the waves of disinformation...
www.andallthat.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
New Blog: Disrupting Red Pill Thinking in Adolescence
If our classrooms cannot make space for young people to grapple with truth and meaning then where else will this happen? Online?!
But mastery learning is shutting down classroom dialogue. We cannot let it!
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/challen...
If our classrooms cannot make space for young people to grapple with truth and meaning then where else will this happen? Online?!
But mastery learning is shutting down classroom dialogue. We cannot let it!
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/challen...
New post today on UoN primary blog: using technology to enhance the writing process. Find the whole series here: tinyurl.com/2zxfs8u6 @uonsoe.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New post today on UoN primary blog: using technology to enhance the writing process. Find the whole series here: tinyurl.com/2zxfs8u6 @uonsoe.bsky.social
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NEW BLOG (don't die of shock): What is said and what is unsaid? The problems at the heart of the DfE's curriculum and assessment review.
Part 1 of my reflection on the DfE's evolution not revolution approach to curriculum #historyteacher #ukedchat #edusky
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/what-is...
Part 1 of my reflection on the DfE's evolution not revolution approach to curriculum #historyteacher #ukedchat #edusky
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/what-is...
What is said and what is unsaid? The problems at the heart of the DfE's curriculum and assessment review
On Tuesday morning I managed to set aside some time to read the DfE’s interim report of their curriculum and assessment review team . It has caused me to think a lot. Hell, it’s even made me find...
www.andallthat.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 9:20 AM
NEW BLOG (don't die of shock): What is said and what is unsaid? The problems at the heart of the DfE's curriculum and assessment review.
Part 1 of my reflection on the DfE's evolution not revolution approach to curriculum #historyteacher #ukedchat #edusky
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/what-is...
Part 1 of my reflection on the DfE's evolution not revolution approach to curriculum #historyteacher #ukedchat #edusky
www.andallthat.co.uk/blog/what-is...
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So @barbarableiman.bsky.social + @andrewemc.bsky.social have written a response to the interim report for the Curriculum + Assessment Review. Some positives, but some aspects to ask serious questions about too
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
Response to Curriculum and Assessment Review Interim Report
EMC's take on the what the interim report means for secondary English teaching
englishandmedia.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 11:02 AM
So @barbarableiman.bsky.social + @andrewemc.bsky.social have written a response to the interim report for the Curriculum + Assessment Review. Some positives, but some aspects to ask serious questions about too
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/emc-res...
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@knight-rupert.bsky.social wrote an accessible blog for Primary Teachers (but it is also very helpful at Secondary phase) full of links to lots of the research he's drawn on in the presentation today. blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/primaryeduca...
@htenuk.bsky.social #HTENConf
@htenuk.bsky.social #HTENConf
We need to talk: four implications for primary schools of the Oracy Education Commission’s report. - Primary Education Network
This month has seen the publication of We Need to Talk, the final report from the Oracy Education Commission. In this blog, I reflect on some immediate takeaway messages for primary schools. The work of the Oracy Education Commission has examined a mass of evidence over a busy six-month period. I’ve been fortunate to have ...
blogs.nottingham.ac.uk
March 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@knight-rupert.bsky.social wrote an accessible blog for Primary Teachers (but it is also very helpful at Secondary phase) full of links to lots of the research he's drawn on in the presentation today. blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/primaryeduca...
@htenuk.bsky.social #HTENConf
@htenuk.bsky.social #HTENConf
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We also drew on case studies from @knight-rupert.bsky.social 's brilliant book
To help us problematise and find ways of approaching oracy in the history classroom. www.mheducation.co.uk/classroom-ta...
Strong recommend for the practical focus of this book!
To help us problematise and find ways of approaching oracy in the history classroom. www.mheducation.co.uk/classroom-ta...
Strong recommend for the practical focus of this book!
www.mheducation.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We also drew on case studies from @knight-rupert.bsky.social 's brilliant book
To help us problematise and find ways of approaching oracy in the history classroom. www.mheducation.co.uk/classroom-ta...
Strong recommend for the practical focus of this book!
To help us problematise and find ways of approaching oracy in the history classroom. www.mheducation.co.uk/classroom-ta...
Strong recommend for the practical focus of this book!